§ 515. General powers and duties of the director of budget and finance.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in Article XI of this Charter, the director of budget and finance shall have and exercise all the powers and all the fiscal duties formerly vested in or imposed upon the county comptroller and the county treasurer, and the director is hereby designated as the collector of state taxes in the county. The director shall have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the county, including the collection of state and county taxes, special assessments, the metropolitan district charges, fees and other revenues and funds of every kind due to the county; the enforcement of the collection of taxes in the manner provided by law; the custody and safekeeping of all funds and securities belonging to or by law deposited with, distributed to or handled by the county; the disbursement of county funds; the keeping and supervision of all accounts; and such other functions as may be prescribed by the county administrative officer or by legislative act of the county council not inconsistent herewith.

(b)

The director of budget and finance shall be responsible for the formulation of the budget under the supervision of the county administrative officer in accordance with the procedures set out in Article VII of this Charter; the study of the organization, methods and procedures of each office, department, board, commission, institution and agency of the county government; the submission to the county administrative officer of periodic reports on their efficiency and economy and such other duties and functions as may be assigned to the director by the county administrative officer or by legislative act of the county council.

(Bill No. 67, 1968, § 1; Bill No. 13-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018; effective Dec. 6, 2018)

Editor's note

Bill No. 13-18 , § 1; approved by the voters Nov. 6, 2018, effective Dec. 6, 2018, changed the title of § 515 from "General powers and duties of the director of finance" to read as herein set out.